amazon.com raises shipping costs

[Kyo]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

Edited May 17, 2007 by Kyo

[J.A.W.]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

I guess they had to, now that the USPS rates have gone up...

[Dan Gould]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

I guess they had to, now that the USPS rates have gone up...

that reminds me of something I've wondered. When something is shipped internationally, is their some monetary transfer between postal services? Or does everyone agree to deliver each other's international shipments?

[Aggie87]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

I guess they had to, now that the USPS rates have gone up...

that reminds me of something I've wondered. When something is shipped internationally, is their some monetary transfer between postal services? Or does everyone agree to deliver each other's international shipments?

I believe (or think I've read, anyway) that there are agreements between the various federal postal services to deliver shipments from other countries at no cost. That doesn't stop incoming packages from being charged Customs taxes and so forth, but the actual delivery is at no cost.

[J.A.W.]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

I guess they had to, now that the USPS rates have gone up...

that reminds me of something I've wondered. When something is shipped internationally, is their some monetary transfer between postal services? Or does everyone agree to deliver each other's international shipments?

The latter.

[Claude]

I'm no expert on this, but there seems to be a system of financial compensations between countries, called "terminal dues"

http://www.upu.int/faq/en/upu_activities/w...ts_settled.html

http://www.upu.int/terminal_dues/en/index.shtml

Edited May 17, 2007 by Claude

[J.A.W.]

I'm no expert on this, but there seems to be a system of financial compensations between countries, called "terminal dues"

http://www.upu.int/faq/en/upu_activities/w...ts_settled.html

http://www.upu.int/terminal_dues/en/index.shtml

In that case I've been misinformed.

[Dan Gould]

I'm no expert on this, but there seems to be a system of financial compensations between countries, called "terminal dues"

http://www.upu.int/faq/en/upu_activities/w...ts_settled.html

http://www.upu.int/terminal_dues/en/index.shtml

In that case I've been misinformed.

Hah - learn something new every day.

[JohnBlutarski]

My favorite source for hard to find music (amazon.com's marketplace) now charges $6.89 for international shipping per item (used to be $5.49).

just noticed that, too...

what a shame...

JB

[JohnBlutarski]

so what does it cost to ship a cd from the US to Europe as a private person?

[Stefan Wood]

$5.50 - $6

[JohnBlutarski]

$5.50 - $6

so Amazon is pretty accurate, and doesn't charge a lot of extra.

JB

[Stefan Wood]

Covers the "handling" fees...............

[JohnBlutarski]

sure. but some guy on ebay tried to charge me $15 once, for one cd, said it was normal

[J.A.W.]

sure. but some guy on ebay tried to charge me $15 once, for one cd, said it was normal

If the shipping cost isn't specified in the description of the item, I always ask the seller before bidding.

[JohnBlutarski]

sure. but some guy on ebay tried to charge me $15 once, for one cd, said it was normal

If the shipping cost isn't specified in the description of the item, I always ask the seller before bidding.

after that experience, I always do, too

JB

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I tend to think that CD Universe is cheaper than Amazon.com for shipping fees to Europe. The last two CDs I had from CDUniverse (April) (one package) was $8.49.

MG

[JohnBlutarski]

I tend to think that CD Universe is cheaper than Amazon.com for shipping fees to Europe. The last two CDs I had from CDUniverse (April) (one package) was $8.49.

MG

I checked, on Amazon 1 cd is $6.98, and 2cd's costs $9.47 for shipping to Europe.

so CDUniverse is indeed less expensive, yes.

JB

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I tend to think that CD Universe is cheaper than Amazon.com for shipping fees to Europe. The last two CDs I had from CDUniverse (April) (one package) was $8.49.

MG

I checked, on Amazon 1 cd is $6.98, and 2cd's costs $9.47 for shipping to Europe.

so CDUniverse is indeed less expensive, yes.

JB

In the end, you've got to take shipping costs into account. Amazon.fr are very heavy on the postage charges. They charged me 7.60 euro (plus VAT) for 2 CDs earlier this month - and we ain't far away - you could practically chuck them here

Trouble is, there are African things you can't get elsewhere (without going to Paris).

MG